Dinosaur Fun Stoytime

Storytime for 1 to 3 year olds:

• Opening - Skinnamarink, Sticky Sticky Bubblegum

 

 

• Book #1 – How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Mark Teague

• Stand-up Activity – "We Are the Dinosaurs" from Whaddaya Think of That? by Laurie Berkner

• Bridge - Open, Shut Them (fingerplay)

Open, shut them
(open and close hands)
Open, shut them
Give a little clap (clap)
Open, shut them

Open, shut them
Put them in your lap
(put hands in lap)

Creep them, creep them
Under your chin
(creep fingers up chest)
Open your mouth, but don't put them in
(do as words say)

Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap
Open shut them
Open shut them
Put them in your lap 

• Flannelboard - Colorful Counting Dinosaurs (my notes don't say which website I found this counting rhyme that includes color recognition)

• Letter of the Day - "D" is for Dinosaurs

• Book #2 – Dinosaur Stomp! by Paul Stickland (pop-up)

• Activity – Dinosaur, Dinosaur Turn Around (action rhyme I adapted from the familiar "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear Turn Around" rhyme)

Dinosaur, dinosaur turn around

Dinosaur, dinosaur touch the ground

Dinosaur, dinosaur dance on your toes

Dinosaur, dinosaur touch your nose

Dinosaur, dinosaur reach up high

Dinosaur, dinosaur jump to the sky

Dinosaur, dinosaur stomp your feet

Dinosaur, dinosaur show your teeth

Dinosaur, dinosaur give a roar

Dinosaur, dinosaur find the floor

• Closing - Rhythm sticks using "Goin' On a Bear Hunt" from Kids In Action by Greg and Steve 

 

 

• Art Experience – Paper scrap squares glued on a dinosaur as scales